MYSTERY REVEALED
“That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and
unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment
of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ.” Col. 2:2
The real secret of godliness is unveiled (Col. 1:26-27). Its source is the imparted
life of God in the person of His Son (2
Pet. 1:3). It displays itself in outward conduct but it draws its life from
the inner resources of Him who is godliness, like God in every respect because
He is God (Col. 2:2). In an earlier epistle Paul places this secret in bold
contrast with the godliness of the Old Testament. "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that
live, but Christ lives in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I
live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave
Himself for me" (Gal. 2:20 ASV).
This secret now made known to men is the greatest fact of the Christian faith.
mystery Man's intellect after salvation is capable of Divine
things previously unthinkable as well as unknowable. In Scripture a mystery may
be a fact which, when revealed we cannot understand in detail, though we can
know it, and act upon it. . . . It is a thing only to be known when revealed.
“According as his
divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and
godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and
virtue.” 2 Pet. 1:3
“Even the mystery
which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to
his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of
this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
Col. 1:26-27
No excuse, the mystery has been revealed in us. Tell it to
the world for it is our only hope and theirs also.
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